Best Elementary Schools in Texas

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2021)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 4675)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
483006010959	1781	Lacoste Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	16069 Uvalde St	La Coste	78039	Medina County	Medina Valley Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 931-2243	744	46	16	69.2%	171 (23.0%)	29 (3.9%)	513 (69.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	28 (3.8%)	$10,065			$1,276			$8,789	56.3	70.9	1132	649
482364002499	1782	Janowski Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7500 Bauman Rd	Houston	77022	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(713) 696-2844	412	29	14.2	96.1%	3 (0.7%)	16 (3.9%)	392 (95.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$10,544			$992			$9,552	56.3	32.6	3244	1462
481965001822	1783	Meadows Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	12037 Pender Ln	Meadows Place	77477	Fort Bend County	Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(281) 634-4720	443	30	14.6	57.1%	105 (23.7%)	53 (12.0%)	188 (42.4%)	80 (18.1%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.4%)	$11,181			$530			$10,651	56.3	55.6	1845	62
483039003414	1784	Range Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2600 Bamboo St	Mesquite	75150	Dallas County	Mesquite Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(972) 882-5180	597	43	13.9	88.4%	47 (7.9%)	94 (15.7%)	436 (73.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.2%)	$8,710			$860			$7,850	56.3	35.5	3062	1278
484071005924	1785	Vista Del Sol Environmental Science	Public	PK, KG-5	11851 Vista Del Sol	El Paso	79936	El Paso County	Socorro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 937-7500	510	35	14.6	88.6%	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	501 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	$10,679			$1,775			$8,905	56.2	59.5	1622	163
482364007322	1786	Shadowbriar Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-5	2650 Shadowbriar Dr	Houston	77077	Harris County	Houston Independent School District (Isd)	No	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 368-2160	489	33	14.8	83.6%	26 (5.3%)	307 (62.8%)	122 (24.9%)	14 (2.9%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.1%)	$11,176			$1,205			$9,971	56.2	31.2	3319	1533
484242004837	1787	Sanderson Schools	Public, Alternative	K-12	302 N Second St	Sanderson	79848	Terrell County	Terrell County Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 345-2515	129	15	8.5	52.7%	47 (36.4%)	1 (0.8%)	78 (60.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	$20,438			$868			$19,570	56.2	52.9	2018	231
484071012963	1788	Mission Ridge	Public	PK, KG-5	150 N Nonap Dr	El Paso	79928	El Paso County	Socorro Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(915) 937-1699	962	55	17.4	81.1%	36 (3.7%)	4 (0.4%)	915 (95.1%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	$9,900			$1,625			$8,275	56.2	59.4	1626	162
480001009290	1789	Tobias Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1005 E Fm 150	Kyle	78640	Hays County	Hays Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 268-8437	683	47	14.4	52.3%	172 (25.2%)	33 (4.8%)	444 (65.0%)	7 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.7%)	$10,206			$753			$9,453	56.2	50.9	2133	344
483483007140	1790	Brookhollow Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 Railroad Ave	Pflugerville	78660	Travis County	Pflugerville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 594-5200	389	31	12.4	49.1%	114 (29.3%)	59 (15.2%)	166 (42.7%)	25 (6.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.2%)	$11,138			$1,139			$9,999	56.2	45.4	2453	663

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAAR Reading, STAAR Mathematics, STAAR Science test scores released by the Texas Education Agency.
These rankings were last updated on September 11, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Texas Education Agency, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Texas Education Agency.
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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.